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Emmy Award

Award
1971
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Keith Michell (1926-2015) was one of the leading actors of the 1960s and 70s and was also Director of the Chichester Festival Theatre 1974 - 77.

Michell’s most enduring role is Henry VIII in the landmark BBC Television series The Six Wives of Henry VIII. The BBC devoted an episode to each of the monarch’s six consorts. The film version Henry VIII and his Six Wives (1972) adapted the same material into a single film, directed by Waris Hussein. In 1996, Michell played Henry VIII again, in a television film, The Prince and the Pauper. At 67, he was relieved to discover that the costumes for the rotund king weighed only a fraction of the 20 stone of those he had needed 20 years previously.

Michell received numerous awards for his performance as Henry VIII, including an Emmy Award for Best Actor.



Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEmmy Award (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Emmy Award awarded to Keith Michell for Best Actor in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1971)
Physical description
The Emmy statuette, depicting a winged woman holding an atom, was designed by television engineer Louis McManus, who used his wife as the model. The wings represent the muse of art; the atom the electron of science and is made of copper, nickel, silver and gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37cm
Marks and inscriptions
1971 - 1972 Television Academy Awards Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Keith Michell Catherine Howard: The Six Wives of Henry VIII August 29 1971 CBS
Credit line
Given by Jeanette Michell
Summary
Keith Michell (1926-2015) was one of the leading actors of the 1960s and 70s and was also Director of the Chichester Festival Theatre 1974 - 77.

Michell’s most enduring role is Henry VIII in the landmark BBC Television series The Six Wives of Henry VIII. The BBC devoted an episode to each of the monarch’s six consorts. The film version Henry VIII and his Six Wives (1972) adapted the same material into a single film, directed by Waris Hussein. In 1996, Michell played Henry VIII again, in a television film, The Prince and the Pauper. At 67, he was relieved to discover that the costumes for the rotund king weighed only a fraction of the 20 stone of those he had needed 20 years previously.

Michell received numerous awards for his performance as Henry VIII, including an Emmy Award for Best Actor.

Collection
Accession number
S.800-2017

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Record createdFebruary 15, 2018
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